Bluefin Tiuna … off the hook

Atlantic bluefin tuna need your help to gain much-needed protections from our neighbors to the north. The Canadian government proposed “endangered” status for the imperiled ocean predator in May 2011, and now Canada must decide whether to grant legal protections for bluefin.

In the fall, Canadian waters provide critical feeding grounds for Atlantic bluefin tuna. Waters off Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island host “giant” bluefin — some weighing half a ton — before they return to their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico.

Help give these giants a break from fishing so their endangered population can begin to recover. Act now to support Canadian protections for Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Thanks to the women in this room and people all across the country, we worked really hard — and it’s now been more than three years since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and I signed it into law. It’s been nearly a year since the Supreme Court upheld the law under the Constitution. And, by the way, six months ago, the American people went to the polls and decided to keep going in this direction. So the law is here to stay.

I’ll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable, by putting in place new checks and new safeguards, and going forward, by making sure that the law is applied as it should be — in a fair and impartial way.

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